Britain's Biggest Conmen: Double Bill -fantasist that fooled Hollywood + the biggest ever art fraud! скачать в хорошем качестве

Britain's Biggest Conmen: Double Bill -fantasist that fooled Hollywood + the biggest ever art fraud!

Conmen Case Files tells the incredible true crime stories of some of the world’s most audacious con artists. The stories are told in intricate detail, using reconstruction, archive, original footage and witness interviews from both victims and the police, with psychological analysis from our bank of experts. The stories are all shocking, extreme and filled with twists and turns. Each involve innocent victims being fooled into trusting a convincing con artist and paying a huge price... In this double bill of the TV show originally seen on Netflix and Crime and Investigation Network, we hear the story of two of Britain's most audacious frauds. First, Michael Hammond – The Fantasist Conman This serial fantasist has posed as a playboy, detective, top surgeon, a millionaire property developer, a royal confident and boyfriend of actress Renee Zellweger, UK celebrity Jordan and Australian singer Dannii Minogue. Invariably his alter egos are policeman. Posing as Det Sgt Hughes from the Serious Organised Crime Group he rang New Scotland Yard giving the location of 3 dangerous men one of which was carrying a gun – the 3 men were actually innocent unsuspecting tourists who were then swooped on by the Diplomatic Protection Squad in Whitehall, London, wearing flak-jackets and brandishing MP5 submachine guns with torches strapped to them. He tried to con his way into Windsor Castle by claiming he was another high-ranking cop looking after friends of Princes William and Harry. He was arrested. His Walter Mitty fantasies continued when he sold stories to the press claiming he and Prince Andrew were sharing the affections of Caroline Stanbury. His luck finally ran out when a series of mistakes led to the police unravelling his web of lies. Second is the biggest art fraud of the 20th Century - John Myatt and John Drewe. For almost a decade, 1986 to 1994, Myatt churned out over 200 works of art, passing them off as original new works by famous surrealist, cubist and impressionist artists. His accomplice, John Drew, conned his way into the V & A and the Tate archives, where he adapted and altered records to make the fake paintings appear genuine. Many of the paintings were auctioned at Sotheby’s and Christies – making up to $250,000 a piece. However, a tenacious American art historian would begin to unravel the con and as the net tightened, Myatt tried to pull out of the deal. However, with eight years of fraud to his name it was too late and the police were already breaking down his door... #truecrime, #truecrimestories, #truecrimedocumentary, #truecrimeaddict, #truecrimestory, #conman, #conmen, #fraudster, #deception, #investigations, #fantasy, #artfraud, #fakeart, #waltermitty,